Pump Up the Volume

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Pump Up the Volume is a 1990 teen drama film starring Christian Slater as a pirate radio DJ who inspires rebellion among high school students.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
teen drama film
cinematographyBy Walt Lloyd
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
director Allan Moyle
distributor New Line Cinema NERFINISHED
editedBy Larry Bock NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Arizona
genre coming-of-age film
drama film
independent film
teen drama film
hasCultFollowing true
hasSoundtrack Pump Up the Volume
surface form: "Pump Up the Volume (soundtrack)"
mainCharacter Mark Hunter
mainCharacterAlterEgo pirate radio DJ
mainCharacterOccupation high school student
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Christian Slater
medium feature film
mpaaRating R
musicBy Cliff Martinez
notableFor depiction of pirate radio culture
portrayal of disaffected youth in the early 1990s
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A shy high school student runs a pirate radio station that inspires rebellion among his classmates.
producer Sandy Stern NERFINISHED
productionCompany New Line Cinema NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1990-08-22
releaseYear 1990
runtimeMinutes 102
setIn Arizona
suburban high school
starring Andy Romano
Annie Ross
Christian Slater
Ellen Greene NERFINISHED
Robert Schenkkan
Samantha Mathis
Scott Paulin NERFINISHED
theme alienation
censorship
freedom of speech
identity
teen rebellion
timePeriodOfSetting late 1980s
writer Allan Moyle

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Pump Up the Volume hasSoundtrack Pump Up the Volume
this entity surface form: "Pump Up the Volume (soundtrack)"
Everybody Knows usedInSoundtrackOf Pump Up the Volume

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